Re:Anonymous Redditor Dumps Logins of 33K US Govt Employees
by colinbartlett on Thursday April 21, 2016 @02:42PM
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Treason would be a hard one because I think it only applies during wartime. But would any of our various unending wars qualify? War on terror, war on drugs? Maybe not since they weren't declared by congress.
It could be considered "light treason" however...
Re:Anonymous Redditor Dumps Logins of 33K US Govt Employees
by dailyrorschach on Thursday April 21, 2016 @03:36PM
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It's unlike it would be a Treason charge, though we are not required to be at war for that to apply. The reason would be the proof burden for Treason in court is very high, and set forth in Article III.
In truth it'd be likely to fall under federal statutes governing systems access, and probably I'd guess the 1917 Espionage Act.
Re:Anonymous Redditor Dumps Logins of 33K US Govt Employees
by bdcravens on Thursday April 21, 2016 @04:07PM
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Aside from Presidential speeches, the "wars" in Iraq and Afghanistan were never formally ended.
Re:Anonymous Redditor Dumps Logins of 33K US Govt Employees
by chipperyman573 on Thursday April 21, 2016 @03:05PM
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"The war on drugs" is not an actual war, it's just a catchphrase.
edit: If you provided hacked information to a foreign power I could see that being considered giving aid to an enemy. My original question was more focused on the actual hacking itself than what you do with the information.